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The upcoming America’s Cup has sparked a boom at Bermuda’s docks — but turnaround times have slowed as containers and other goods pile up on the wharf.
Warren Jones, chief executive officer of Stevedoring Services’ parent company Polaris Holding, sai...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Workers at a major island car dealership yesterday downed tools in a dispute over pay.
Staff in the service area and paint shop at Hamilton’s Bermuda Motors stopped work around 1pm after management refused to reinstate a 2 per cent backdated pay rise...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Lawyer Duncan Card is to speak on the risk of cyberattacks at a major conference in Bermuda next week.
Mr Card, managing principal at Bennett Jones, will be part of a panel at the annual conference of the Association of Trade and Forfaiting in the Am...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Water company ClearWater is capitalising on the America’ Cup.
For the firm will provide hydration stations at the event, which is to be a plastic bottle-free zone.
Kevin Lanthier, general manager of the company, said: “This event is promoting a plast...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Real estate firm Rego Sotheby’s International has moved house — back to Front Street where the company first set up shop nearly 70 years ago.
The firm has moved from its offices on Cavendish Road on the outskirts of Hamilton to the Dickinson Building...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Retail sales dropped 2.7 per cent to $80 million for February compared to the same month last year.
After adjustment for inflation, which stood at 2.1 per cent in February, the volume of retail sales fell by 4.6 per cent.
Four of the seven sectors ch...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Royal Gazette/BSX Index today closed unchanged at 1,930.02.
Two issues traded, with no movement in either.
Bank of Butterfield saw 192 shares change hands with its price remaining at $31.
On the New York Stock Exchange, the bank dropped 49 cents,...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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The expected growth in the vacation rental property market in Bermuda could bring many more spin-off benefits, even for those who are not renting out accommodation.
Examples were described at an information session, one of four this week, presented b...
DATE: Apr 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A forum on the potential of blockchain in the reinsurance industry is to be held tomorrow.
Claus Walter, of insurance firm Zurich and a member of the blockchain insurance industry initiative B3i, will lead a presentation on distributed ledger technol...
DATE: Apr 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Stock Exchange has this year launched its “Own Your Share of Bermuda” campaign to raise awareness of opportunities to invest in the island’s public companies. The Royal Gazette is supporting the effort by publishing weekly features on eac...
DATE: Apr 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil